amplitudinousadj.
Ample, capacious.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > [adjective] > roomy
roomeOE
largec1230
spaciousa1382
ample1483
commodious1540
roomy1549
roomthy1578
roomsome1581
roomful1588
roomthsome1599
spacy1602
amplitudinous1904
spaceful1906
1904 Daily Chron. 9 Sept. 4/7 What monsters there be; Huge, amplitudinous, endless, and ravenous, Serpents that people the sea.
a1913 F. Rolfe Desire & Pursuit of Whole (1934) v. 38 His gesture was as amplitudinous as his drawl and deep guffaw.
1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 July 547/1 The well-known statuettes of amplitudinous female forms.
Derivatives
ampliˈtudinously adv. amply.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > with vast extent
abroadc1300
largelya1398
widely1579
spaciously1598
broadly1599
amply?1611
heaven-wide?1611
spacious1615
extensively1736
extendedly1806
worldwide1836
vastily1844
amplitudinously1921
1921 J. Joyce Lett. (1957) 164 Struggling with the acidities of Ithaca..to prepare for the final amplitudinously curvilinear episode Penelope.
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